{"id":767379,"date":"2024-12-11T09:23:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=767379"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:23:47","slug":"aj-climate-champions-podcast-even-a-small-practice-can-push-the-boundaries-of-reuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/aj-climate-champions-podcast-even-a-small-practice-can-push-the-boundaries-of-reuse","title":{"rendered":"AJ Climate Champions podcast: \u2018Even a small practice can push the boundaries of reuse\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this episode, Brisco describes the conversion of a former barbers in Battersea High Street for Arrant Industries into a home\/office for himself and his partner Pandora Loran. <\/span><\/p>\n

Enabled by the recent expansion of \u2018retail to residential\u2019 permitted development rights, Costa\u2019s Barbers<\/a> sports a yellow shopfront, maroon signage and a deep awning, which is rolled out on sunny late afternoons or when \u2018it\u2019s spitting,\u2019 providing a popular place to linger and chat. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The architects have packed ingenuity into Costa Barbers\u2019 54 square metres. The shopfront incorporates sliding sash windows with panels of translucent patterned glass that can be adjusted for degrees of privacy. Behind is a tiled front room \u2013 used as an office and living space \u2013 and at the back the bedrooms are raised above ground level, due to flood risk from the nearby Thames. \u2018The bedroom is the most private space,\u2019 Thom explains, \u2018so we use that flood risk measure, to grade privacy across the space at the same time.\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The project incorporates numerous salvaged materials, including corbels which support the awning box that are made of quarter-sawn snooker table legs. \u2018We definitely feel like a different kind of architect now,\u2019 says Brisco. \u2018The process of going through a build like this has made us less precious about having all the decisions made up front and knowing where our materials are going to come from.\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The architects designed and self-built the project while living on site, which meant \u2018two years without a shower, two years without heating and two years of all of our stuff covered in dust.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Costa’s Barbers by Brisco Loran<\/p>\n\t

Source:Brisco Loran<\/p><\/div>\n

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